At the beginning of September we headed off the the Outer Banks NC again. One of our sight seeing stops this year was the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Last year we couldn't get down there due to the hurricane that had come through a couple weeks prior to our visit and washed a section of the road away. Here are some interesting facts. The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse in America, and the 23 tallest traditional lighthouse in the world. It is 12 stories tall, and has 268 steps to the top. Nathan took the older 4 children up in it. A was too little to go in so he and I stayed behind. Both E and J weren't able to make it to the top because of their fear of open and high spaces. As I was waiting for them to make it to the top I overheard a girl telling her family that "some Dad just left his daughter on the stairs a couple stories up crying because she was too scared". My first thought was "That is not a very nice Dad" then my second thought was "That was Nathan and he had to leave E behind". Because he had the other 3 kids with him he didn't want to bring E back down. J only made it a little farther. I am glad that I didn't try going up. Both K and H loved it though!
View from the top!
